As of the publication, Tortorella boasted a career record of 578-464-37 (.548), and with Thursday's win over the Philadelphia Flyers, make that 579.

Here's what ESPN had to say about Tortorella:

"Tortorella has taken four different franchises to the Stanley Cup playoffs, winning it all with 2003-04 Lightning, but last getting out of the first round with the 2012-13 Rangers. Tortorella's strong, publicly stated aversion to analytics was a drawback with some of our respondents -- as it might be with actual, future Tortorella employers."

Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots was ranked first. The top-ranked NHL coach was the Toronto Maple Leafs' Babcock, who was ranked seventh overall.